First Baptist Church (Newport News, Virginia)
First Baptist Church-Newport News | |
Location | 119 29th St., Newport News, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 36°58′48″N 76°25′59″W / 36.98000°N 76.43306°W |
Area | Less than 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
NRHP reference No. | 00000774[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 11, 2000 |
The First Baptist Church is a historic church building, now housing the non-denominational Calvary Revival Church Peninsula, at 119 29th Street in Newport News, Virginia. Built in 1902, the church is a prominent local example of Romanesque Revival architecture executed in stone. It was designed by R.H. Hunt of Chattanooga. It is fronted by a three-arch recessed porch, flanked by a tower on the left whose upper stages have rounded corners, and is capped by a pyramidal roof with conical turrets at the corners. The congregation was organized in the 1880s, and occupied this site until the 1980s.[2] The congregation opened a suburban chapel in 1979. It operated on both sites for many years before closing the 29th Street church.[3]
The building, and the attached education building, were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]
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References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for First Baptist Church-Newport News" (PDF). Virginia DHR. Retrieved 2017-10-29.
- ^ "Our History | First Baptist Church Newport News". Retrieved 2020-07-14.